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ASIA / PACIFIC November 17, 2014 THE ASIAN REPORTER n Page 5 Japanese animation master accepts honorary Oscar By Sandy Cohen AP Entertainment Writer OS ANGELES — Hayao Miyazaki is retiring from feature filmmaking, but the 73-year-old writer, director, and animator says he’ll make movies for the rest of his life. An Oscar winner for his 2002 film Spirited Away, Miyazaki accepted an honorary Academy Award at the film academy’s Governors Awards. Actress Maureen O’Hara, screen- writer Jean-Claude Carriere, and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award winner Harry Belafonte also received honorary Oscar statuettes at the private ceremony. “It’s an honor to receive this award,” Miyazaki said through a translator, but mentioned that the trip to the United States from his native Japan was “a bit of a bothersome thing for me ...” What he prefers to do is draw, write, and tell stories, though doing so in a feature-length format has become physically challenging, he said. “It became very difficult for me to concentrate for such a long time that it takes to make a whole film, to concentrate that much,” he said. “I loved making feature-length films to be shown in theaters and making animation films, and my thought was to hand that over to the next generation.” Now he’s turning his attention to animated shorts to be shown at the Ghibli Museum he designed and founded in Japan. “One of the good points of making such short films is that I don’t have to worry about it having financial success,” he said. “The people who come to the museum are forced to see this film when they go into the little theater there. So even if it’s a little bit boring, they’ll probably sit through it and not raise a fuss.” Miyazaki’s feature-film credits include 2013’s The Wind Rises and 100-day-old panda trio checkup: 5 kg, 2 teeth BEIJING (AP) — The world’s only surviving giant panda triplets were reportedly doing well as they turned 100 days old. Each weighs more than 5 kilograms (11 pounds), up from just over 100 grams at birth. They started teething at around 80 days old and have two small teeth each. They are also taking turns living with their mother. Chime Long Safari Park general manager Dong Guixin says physical exams show the current health of the cubs is ideal. Early this month, the cubs were displayed to visitors for limited times at their home in Guangzhou, the capital of south China’s Guangdong province. The park says four births of panda triplets have been recorded, but in each of the previous instances, at least one cub died due to physical defects or being underweight. Photo courtesy of Studio Ghibli TOOTHSOME TRIO. Visitors take photos of the panda triplet cubs in the Chime Long Safari Park in Guangzhou in south China’s Guangdong province. Keepers responsible for looking after the world’s only surviving set of giant panda triplets said the cubs were doing well as they cele- brated turning 100 days old earlier this month. The triplets born at Chime Long are reportedly the fourth case of panda triplets ever recorded. (AP Photo) Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP L SWITCHING TO SHORTS. Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki arrives at the sixth annual Governors Awards at the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 8, 2014 in Los Angeles. Miyazaki is re- tiring from feature filmmaking, but the 73-year-old writer, director, and animator says he’ll make movies for the rest of his life. The bottom photo features a scene from Spirited Away, a film that earned Miyazaki an Oscar. 2005’s Howl’s Moving Castle, both of which earned Oscar nominations, along with 2008’s Ponyo and 1997’s Princess Mononoke. Short films hold more appeal for him now, allowing him to pursue ideas he’d set aside to make features. “That makes me very happy,” he said. “I will continue to make animation work until I die.” The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences established the Governors Awards in 2009 to recognize recipients of honorary Oscars. Highlights from the untelevised dinner ceremony will be included in the 2015 Academy Awards telecast in February. ASIA SUMMIT. Myanmar President Thein Sein, right, gestures after shaking hands with U.S. President Barack Obama ahead of the 9th East Asia summit plenary session at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Thursday, November 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) World leaders wrap up Asia summit By Esther Htusan The Associated Press AYPYITAW, Myanmar — U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders who gathered in Myanmar (also known as Burma) to discuss issues ranging from rival claims over the South China Sea to threats posed by the Ebola virus offered tepid expressions of concern and no firm commitments. But some experts still say it was more than just a talk-shop. While agendas and the outcomes are usually reached months in advance, Panithan Wattanayagorn, a professor at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University, said such meetings “allow heads of state to meet directly and exchange ideas, to prioritize and reflect on them.” Much of it is about showing unity,” he said, and building trust. 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